No place for 35 young people in May with Tusla under pressure 

A report by Tusla said a total of 126 children and young people around the country who were assessed as requiring a residential care placement but "due to lack of capacity, these young people were placed on a waiting list until a suitable residential care placement is available". File picture

The Child and Family Agency has said 35 young people did not have a suitable placement in May as pressure on residential and other placements continues.

Earlier this year, it was revealed that more than 100 vulnerable young people in need of an emergency placement had to be accommodated in hotels last year — including two children under the age of four — because of a lack of capacity within Tusla's national out-of-hours service.